January 28 (Tuesday)
Markets
Dow drops 400 points as coronavirus fears rise, travel stocks slide C
U.S. stock rally faces major test as China virus spreads R
These US stocks have the most exposure to China’s consumer market getting hit by coronavirus fears C
World’s Pile of Negative Debt Surges by the Most Since 2016 B
Central banks
Fed’s first hurdle in 2020: Dispensing with ‘QE Lite’ R
Fed Officials Weigh New Recession-Fighting Tool: Capping Treasury Yields W
The Fed Won’t Take Away Markets’ Punch Bowl W
ECB’s Mersch Warns Loose Policy Raises Risk of Market Drop B
Global
New Cloud Over Global Growth: Synchronized Housing Slowdown W
Virus
US companies suspend China operations, restrict travel as coronavirus outbreak spreads C
Honda Evacuates, Starbucks Stores Shut: Virus Impact on Business B
Confusion and lost time: how testing woes slowed China’s coronavirus response R
Wuhan Mayor Points to Beijing for Lack of Transparency Over Virus W
U.S. Advises Citizens to Reconsider China Travel Over Virus B
CDC is monitoring 110 possible coronavirus cases across 26 states in US C
Europe
EU tells UK it will ‘never, never, never’ compromise on single market R
Italy Establishment Has Upper Hand Again After Salvini Loss B
US politics
Trump’s Impeachment Defense Challenged to Address Bolton Revelations B
Legal Fight Over Bolton Testimony Would Enter Uncharted Territory W
Geopolitics & trade
U.S. Disputes Taliban Claim It Shot Down Plane Over Afghanistan B
Industries & companies
Aerospace: Boeing secures more than $12 billion in financing to help weather 737 Max crisis C
Autos: GM investing $3 billion to produce all-electric trucks, autonomous vehicles C
Pharma: J&J scientific officer ‘pretty confident’ they can create coronavirus vaccine as outbreak widens C
Pharma: ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli, company sued for ‘illegally monopolizing’ drug C
Retail: Bath & Body Works’ owner could see sales of hand sanitizer and soap rise as deadly coronavirus spreads C
Corporate finance
Regulators Probe Potential Dean Foods Merger W
Sprint Continues to Lose Customers as It Waits for T-Mobile Verdict W
Offbeat
Ultrafast Trading Costs Stock Investors Nearly $5 Billion a Year, Study Says W
